RESEARCH ARTICLES
HAEMATOLOGICAL STUDIES IN BROILER CHICKEN FED BUTYLATED HYDROXY TOLUENE
G.V. Sudhakar Rao, K.R. Parthasarathi and A. Sundararaj
Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences.2001. 32:5-8
Open Access
Copyright: © 2001 G.V. Sudhakar Rao et.al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
An experimental trial was conducted to study the effect of feeding Butylated hydroxy toluene (BHT) on various haematological parameters -PCV, Hb, TEC, TLC and TTC in broiler chicken. BHT was administered orally for six weeks at 130, 260, 520, 1040 and 2080 mg/kg levels. The mean values of PCV and Hb showed a highly significant (P < 0.01) elevation at 1040 mg/kg level. The mean values of TTC showed a highly significant (P < 0.01) decrease at 520, 1040 and 2080 mg/kg levels. The mean values of TLC showed a highly significant (P < 0.01) decrease at 1040 and 2080 mg/kg levels. The TEC showed a highly significant (P < 0.01) elevation in all the BHT treated groups.
